Broadway legend Liza Minnelli guest stars as herself on this week's all new episode of SMASH, titled 'The Surprise Party.' The 4-time Tony Award winner stopped by this morning's Today Show on NBC to talk about her guest starring role and reveals what first inspired her to be an actress. Check out the appearance in full below!

Below, check out a promo for the next episode of NBC's SMASH titled 'The Surprise Party.' With guest star Liza Minnelli in tow, Tom (Christian Borle) plans a surprise for Ivy (Megan Hilty) in an attempt to find a balance between their work life and their friendship. Get a sneak peek below!

Megan Hilty of Smash recently sat down with Baruch Shemtov of Young Hollywood to talk about her experience as an actor and how much fun it is to be on the Smash set. In this interview, Hilty reveals that Bernadette Peters has been her idol since childhood, discusses the original plans for her debut album, her fashion sense, and everything in between.

On tonight's episode of Smash, Bernadette Peters guest stars as Ivy Lynn's (Megan Hilty) Broadway star mother who joins the cast one of the musicals within the show, Bombshell. 'The Surprise Party' also features Broadway legend Liza Minelli as herself, and Jesse L. Martin will return as well.

Broadway legend Liza Minelli guest stars as herself on this week's all new episode of SMASH, titled 'The Surprise Party.' Check out a first look at her appearance below!

On the next episode of NBC's SMASH titled 'The Parents', Ivy (Megan Hilty) is in for a shock when she learns that her mom's back in the mix. Below, get a first look at Bernadette Peters revising her role of Leigh Conroy on the series!

On this week's episode of NBC's SMASH titled 'The Parents', Karen and Jimmy give a sneak peek of their new musical 'Hit List'. Below, get a first look at Katharine McPhee and Jeremy Jordan performing 'Broadway Here I Come' from the all-new episode!

On the next episode of NBC's SMASH titled 'The Parents,' Broadway's Krysta Rodriquez (The Addams Family) performs the original song 'Reach for Me,' from the fictional show 'Hit List.' As she attempts to convince Broadway backers to finance the off-off Broadway project, her character, Ana performs the acrobatic number while dangling in the air. Get a first look below!

On the next episode of NBC's SMASH titled 'The Parents', Jimmy (Jeremy Jordan) and Karen's (Katharine McPhee) connection is threatened by both Ana's (Krysta Rodriguez) newfound success and an unexpected visitor. Get a sneak peek below!

Select songs from tonight's episode of NBC's Golden Globe-nominated musical drama series Smash (Tuesdays, 10-11pm ET) will be available today from NBCUniversal Television Consumer Products and Columbia Records in the Smash iTunes store: http://www.itunes.com/NBCSmash.

Debra Messing isn't wasting any time since filming wrapped recently on SMASH's second season: the actress has already been cast in a CBS comedy pilot.

SMASH has just announced that Liza Minnelli will guest star as herself in the tenth episode of the NBC musical drama series on April 6. She will perform an original song, written by SMASH producers Marc Shaiman and Scott Whittman, along with Christian Borle, who plays 'Tom'.

On the next episode of the NBC musical dramedy SMASH titled 'The Bells and Whistles', Karen (Katharine McPhee) gives up everything to follow her heart while Jimmy (Jeremy Jordan) and Derek (Jack Davenport) clash over their vision for 'Hit List.' Get a sneak peek below!

On the next episode of the NBC musical dramedy SMASH titled 'The Bells and Whistles', Karen (Katharine McPhee) gives up everything to follow her heart while Jimmy (Jeremy Jordan) and Derek (Jack Davenport) clash over their vision for 'Hit List.' Get a sneak peek below!

On the next episode of the NBC musical dramedy SMASH, Leslie Odom Jr. (Sam) dazzles the crowd at a get-together, crooning the jazzy '(Let's Start) Tomorrow Night'. Get a sneak peek of the performance below!

Schools across America with theaters in need of repairs were recently called to apply for the 'NBC's 'Smash': Make a Musical constructed by Lowe's' program at makeamusical.org. The top five grand prize winners will receive a Lowe's gift card to help renovate their theater. Check out an extended promo for the program, featuring SMASH star Jeremy Jordan, below!

On Saturday night, Madonna presented the Vito Russo Award to journalist, author and talk show host Anderson Cooper at the 24th Annual GLAAD Media Awards. She wore a Boy Scout's uniform to the event after GLAAD's campaign for the Boy Scouts of America to end its ban on gay scouts and scout leaders. Watch her speak below!

Next week's episode of SMASH titled 'Musical Chairs,' will feature an all-new song for the fictional show 'Hit List' titled 'Rewrite This Story.' The duet between Katharine McPhee's Karen and Jeremy Jordan's Jimmy was written by Pasek & Paul. Check it out below!

According to a Tweet by Variety, NBC is moving Smash to Saturdays at 9 p.m. beginning April 6, from the series' previous slot on Tuesdays at 10 p.m. The network will run the season's remaining episodes, which just wrapped filming, but there is no word yet on whether the show will be picked up for a third season.

Ratings from last night's episode of SMASH titled 'The Fringe' are currently up (0.9/3 in 18-49, 2.9 million viewers overall) 0.1 of a point or 13 percent versus last week's official-national 0.8 rating in 18-49.

This week on Smash, the drama continues as each character is faced with new challenges and Broadway vets Sean Hayes, Jesse L. Martin, Daniel Sunjata, and Nikki Blonsky guest star.

Select songs from tonight's episode of NBC's Golden Globe-nominated musical drama series 'Smash' (Tuesdays, 10-11pm ET) will be available today from NBCUniversal Television Consumer Products and Columbia Records in the 'Smash' iTunes store

Below, check out a sneak peek from next week's episode of NBC's SMASH. In the episode titled 'Fringe', with the future of Bombshell uncertain, Karen (Katharine McPhee) gives producers a taste of the all-new original song, 'Never Give All the Heart.'

On the next episode of NBC's SMASH titled 'Fringe,' Broadway's Jeremy Jordan sings the original song, 'This Will Be Our Year' to Katharine McPhee's Karen. Check out the clip below!

NBC's SMASH fell in ratings again last night, dropping 22 percent- a new series low for the show. The musical drama, which aired 10-11pm, brought in 2.6 million viewers overall and a 0.7/2 rating in 18-49.